This. The ban infuriated me at first, but after the amount of stories from my area of the UK alone of these dogs - I think they should be banned entirely. The amount of dogs torn to absolute shreds out on walks, a local mad had his arm torn almost off, someone had their throat ripped out and a 10 year old child was mauled to death by one.. These dogs are NOT safe. People can scream all they want "it's the owner's!" Not always. Anybody with actual knowledge on dogs will tell you as much as an owner does indeed have a massive influence on a dogs character, they have no influence on their genes and the characteristics of a breed. Its like expecting a terrier not to bark. It doesn't even take being an aggressive owner to make an XL/pit bull aggressive - an inexperienced owner in training alone is enough.